by Cool Mom Picks Deals Team | Food + Recipes, Kids
If you’re starting to plan fall activities for the kids — or even getting a head start on birthday or holiday gifts — the popular educational kids’ cooking kit subscription boxes from I’m The Chef Too are on sale, and the savings are...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes, Kids
This Earth Month happened to be the perfect time for us to stumble on Skout Organic, as a lot of us are thinking about how to get more plant-based foods into our family’s bellies. So why not start with the lunch box? We recently tried the certified organic,...
by Christina Refford | Valentine's Day, Food + Recipes
As we are recognizing Black History Month right along with Valentine’s Day, in February, I’ve found some wonderful Black chocolatiers who are making history in their own right: with entrepreneurship that helps create more racial and economic justice...
by Christina Refford | Food + Recipes
Happy New Year! The Year of the Tiger begins tomorrow and, just in time, we’ve found L.A. Burdick’s box of handcrafted chocolate tigers created to kick off the start of the Chinese New Year. Way more scrumptious than fierce, I think they’d make a...
by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts, Food + Recipes, Kitchen + Dining
For years, we’ve been recommending cool subscription gifts that make great gifts, and that includes Trade Coffee. So we’re happy to partner with them on a fantastic deal — right in time for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. too. Right now,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Food + Recipes
Cookbooks aren’t just about recipes — they open us up to new perspectives, new cultures, new ways of thinking about food. They can be funny, quirky or heartfelt., and they can even make our lives richer — both at mealtime and beyond. Whether...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Food + Recipes
This week’s Jacky Lamenzo is a health coach with a focus on picky eating, to help make mealtime less stressful. We like that while we’ve gotten some great picky eater tips in the past, Jacky has a more kid-centered approach, focusing on how kids feel, and...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Food + Recipes
Now that our kids are older, it’s easy to look back and ask ourselves why we spent so much time thinking about things that didn’t really matter that much in the long run. Oh to have all of that time back! One thing we know parents spend a lot of time thinking about:...
by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes, Doing Good
Leave it to Cards Against Humanity, a company that doesn’t shy away from the issues of the day, to come out with the genius Cards Against Humanity Remember to Vote Worms in time for Halloween. Aaaaand the incredibly important midterm elections. Related: How to...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Food + Recipes
We’re always up for tips and tricks to help us make our time in the kitchen more fun, which is why we were so excited to chat with Catherine McCord, of the uber popular Weelicious, one of our all-time favorite food blogs. We’ve been friends for years now,...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Food + Recipes
This week on Spawned, we’re talking kids and nutrition. Which, TBH, is one of those issues that nearly universally stresses out parents of all kinds, with kids of all ages. Fortunately, we’ve got an expert to help us out: Dr. Tanya Altmann, who you may...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks, Food + Recipes
Whether we moms are hitting the road for vacation, or just shuttling the kids back and forth to camp every day, we’ve always got a list of essentials in our handbags that we can’t live without. It’s part of our summer ritual: switch the black leather...